Note from Steve – there is nothing like getting to the track, and realizing that Tony had already prepared most of Friday’s open. Thanks, TDZ. As Tony notes below, it’s been a bit of a hectic few days of travel. I flew home from Long Beach on Monday, arriving back in Indianapolis, Ind. at 10...
READ MOREWhat began with loud thunder sounding like Birmingham was being bombed to a day that ended with confetti falling on Josef Newgarden’s winning Indy car for the second time in three years at Barber Motorsports Park, Sunday was quite an intriguing and busy day. Oh, and then there was this Alonso guy who generated plenty...
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By Bruce Martin @BruceMartin500 LEEDS, Alabama – Just call Marco Andretti “Mr. Fast Friday” as the Andretti Autosport driver once again was the fastest driver in the Verizon IndyCar Series practice session at Barber Motorsports Park – site of Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Andretti, who was also among the fastest on...
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LEEDS, Alabama – Team Penske and Chevrolet has jumped back to prominence as the first four cars in Friday’s first practice session at Barber Motorsports Park were Chevy-powered Penske machines for Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Defending Barber winner and defending Verizon IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud was the fastest at 1:08.110 for...
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Here are the results of the first IndyCar practice of the weekend. Bruce will be have more notes soon. RANK DRIVER GAP LAPS TURNED 1 Simon Pagenaud —— 21 2 Josef Newgarden 0.0718 14 3 Will Power 0.1082 17 4 Helio Castroneves 0.3008 15 5 Alexander Rossi 0.3456 15 6 Ryan Hunter-Reay 0.4491 10 7...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 LEEDS, Alabama – A day that started off fast before being slowed for “weepers” in the high-speed Turn 14 portion of the course on a bright sunny day that limited the afternoon session ended in a blaze of speed as INDYCAR allowed “Push-to-Pass” for the final one-hour of Tuesday’s Open Test at Barber...
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READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS NO. 11 TEAM EUROPA – KVSH RACING CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama – April 22-24, 2016 KVSH Racing driver Sebastien Bourdais is coming off a solid ninth place finish last weekend in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Round 3 of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season. The top-10 finish...
READ MORERahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Pre-Race Notes Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama – Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama Round 4 of 16 in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series DATE: Friday – Sunday, April 22-24, 2016 PRACTICE BROADCAST: Live on NBC Sports Network from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET Friday, April 22 QUALIFYING BROADCAST: Live on
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